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Still from "Greed, a New Fragrance by Francesco Vezzoli," a faux-commercial starring Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams, directed by Roman Polanski.Courtesy the artist, via Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

CRITICAL
With Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli in the midst of a massive museum hat trick spanning MAXXI in Rome, MOCA in LA, and MoMA PS1 in New York, Yasmine Mohseni visits his Los Angeles show and finds his glamorous, star-studded works making fun of the very Hollywood imagery they replicate so well.

CONTROVERSIAL
Defending Manifesta 10's decision to stay in Russia in spite of the country's anti-gay legislation and military action in Crimea, Mikhail Piotrovsky, director of the State Hermitage Museum—which will host the roving European biennial—said: "We operate in the territory of art, which has its own rules."